Chapel Yard Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Napton, Southam, Southam (CV47 8NB). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since July 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £492,000 sits 272.7% above the 2002 sale of £132,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 64% below the postcode norm.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Chapel Yard Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Chapel Yard Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
£492,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£132,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², Chapel Yard Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£978
Street avg £3,436
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
16 July 2002Most recent
£132,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 8NB: £387,500 (2024–2016).
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Sold Oct 2022
Ash Cottage High Street Napton Southam
Sold Jun 2017
The Cottage High Street Napton Southam
Sold Oct 2016
Dovetails High Street Napton Southam
Sold Sept 2014

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
CV47 8NU
Crown — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB